[January
20, 2014]MASON CITY — The 1st State Bank of Mason City
and Illini Central High School presented Madison Genseal with the
December Student of the Month award. For demonstrating outstanding
character, she received a Barnes & Noble gift card from 1st State
Bank and an iTunes gift card from the Illini Central High School
faculty.

Madison is the daughter of Jay and Heidi Genseal. Her classes this
year were Calculus, Dual Credit Biology, Dual Credit English
Composition 101, Leadership, Career Skills and Independent
Agriculture.

In addition, Madi kept busy with a number of extracurricular
activities. She was a member of Family, Career and Community
Leaders, Spanish Club, and National Honor Society. She was also
treasurer of FFA and captain of the volleyball team. In volleyball,
she was awarded first-team Tomahawk all-conference and second-team
Sangamo all-conference.

Outside of school, Madison has assisted several years with the
Mason City-to-Peoria St. Jude Run. She has helped with community
recycling, and she has headed up the Memorial Christmas Tree project
for FFA. She is a member of Mason City Christian Church.

Madison graduated at the end of the first semester and plans to
pursue a degree at Illinois State University, followed by a
certified physician's assistant program.